Hello everyone,
I would first like to thank you all for sharing such great information. I live in Evansville, IN and work in manufacturing. I have not yet begun beekeeping, but am in the process of deciding what to purchase and make on my own. I am not sure if I will make any equipment this year due to my eagerness to enter beekeeping. I had hopes on finding a local package, nuc, or hive but so far have been unsuccessful in acquiring one. So I might still be able to find the time to make some supers before I can come across any bees, but now seems like the most reasonable time to start a hive for the year. There has been some news around here of swarms that had been removed this week, so I think it in my best interest to quickly find a complete hive in hopes that I will run across a swarm that needs rescuing. This seems to be my best hope at getting an early start this year.
From all that I have noticed so far, the excitement of beekeeping must have caught many people this year. Several of the items that I have tried to order had been back ordered or sold out, especially package bees, and was told that inventories were low because they had been basing sells on the last couple of years and were not prepared for orders this heavy. This sounds like good news to the beekeeping community.
Well, I've rambled long enough for a welcome post. Glad to have this resource available. Please feel free to humor yourselves on all the really silly questions that I will probably have, i'm sure I will have plenty.
Thanks :thumbsup:
I would first like to thank you all for sharing such great information. I live in Evansville, IN and work in manufacturing. I have not yet begun beekeeping, but am in the process of deciding what to purchase and make on my own. I am not sure if I will make any equipment this year due to my eagerness to enter beekeeping. I had hopes on finding a local package, nuc, or hive but so far have been unsuccessful in acquiring one. So I might still be able to find the time to make some supers before I can come across any bees, but now seems like the most reasonable time to start a hive for the year. There has been some news around here of swarms that had been removed this week, so I think it in my best interest to quickly find a complete hive in hopes that I will run across a swarm that needs rescuing. This seems to be my best hope at getting an early start this year.
From all that I have noticed so far, the excitement of beekeeping must have caught many people this year. Several of the items that I have tried to order had been back ordered or sold out, especially package bees, and was told that inventories were low because they had been basing sells on the last couple of years and were not prepared for orders this heavy. This sounds like good news to the beekeeping community.
Well, I've rambled long enough for a welcome post. Glad to have this resource available. Please feel free to humor yourselves on all the really silly questions that I will probably have, i'm sure I will have plenty.
Thanks :thumbsup: